Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Offended

I was doing my usual blog catch up earlier this week, and I came across an unassuming post.

Until a certain line.

It mentioned something derogatory about weight/body types. It was a completely offhanded comment, and I'm sure that the author in no way meant to be insulting. Now, the line to which I'm referring was something along the lines of how she didn't want anyone to think that "her thighs touched in the middle" because that would mean she was fat and that might be "the worst thing ever".

Whoa. Back up there, because I'm pretty sure that my thighs have touched. Since birth.

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Over these past few weeks I've ready soooo many "I want to lose weight for New Years" posts, and I think it's fabulous we're all kicking our butts to be healthy.

However

I know how easy it is to get caught up into wanting to, and doing anything we can, to look like this:

But I think that we all (me included!) need to stop obsessing about weight, at least just for a minute, and remember:

Thank you gymnastics and cheerleading legs, I love you in all your muscular, strong, curvy, beautiful, thigh-touching glory.

10 comments:

I totally agree! I think that my thighs have always touched in the middle. It's sad to see that only one kind of body type is considered "beautiful" these days, when it is just unattainable for most people.

My thighs started touching in high school. sad freaking day. bahaha oh well....I think it would look weird to not have them touch without looking unhealthy. I love this post. Thanks for the great reminder of keeping everything in check :)

I've only seen petite girls who are a double zero have thighs that don't touch. I hide my bathroom scale for the entire week and only weigh myself on Monday morning. It's not the number on the scale, it's how I feel about myself, how much better my clothes fit that I'm concerned with. Kudos to you for calling this to girls attention!